(29 Jan 2022, 5:40 pm)V514DFT wrote That was a swine storm Arwen,people are still recovering in some places,chopping trees,replacing fences (which arent cheap at all)

I'd say locally today was as bad as Arwen but didn't last as long. There's been some substantial damage on the coast again pretty much from Sunderland up. It's been pretty bad here today with gusts of 75 mph. I know half my village has been without electric today and the cables were down in Blyth over the main road towards South Beach, with a lorry overturned on the A19 aswell. It just didn't bring as much damage to trees etc as it wasn't from the unusual North like last time.

It didn't help we got the worst of Arwen aswell. It's why the Metro was off pretty much (the wires seem to be down in two places at least between Benton and Wallsend) and I know the ECML is shut again north of Newcastle.